ok, after cruising the stencil revolution forums ive decided to aquire some spray adhesive and use that to attach my picture to the material i want to make the stencil out of, it seems like that should work well enough, better than just taping it anyways.

if i can get it flat. But then again, thats why i made 219873 copies of the picture at work

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spray adhisive is nice, use it when you got it....
tape works fine if you slow down and relax.....

take the paper version and cut it out, spray it on the cardboard? i dunno just think it over and figure out what would tranfer the image well, i dont use cardboard cuz its not easy to trancfere images to it... unless you draw it directly on to it...

but the point of all this was to tell you youll never use 219873 copies of one stencil...

i was also able to snag some manillia folders, which i think ill use for the stencil.
the reason i made copies was so if/when i do a shitty job gluing the picture to the folders ill have backups so i wont have to reprint the pictures. also, in the case that I cant get any spray adhesive and Im to impatient to wait, ill probably try and just tape the picture down instead, but I can easily see myself not doing it well and having some little ripples in there that screw things up. And not noticing those little ripples until after ive started cutting. And thatâ€™s why I made the extra copies, in order to compensate for the inevitable n00b mistakes ill be making

take the paper version and cut it out, spray it on the cardboard?

yeah, &#39;snot what i meant. the plan is to attach the uncut picture to the cardboard/folder and then cut out both at the same time, using the paper with the picture as my guide and then using the cardboard beneath it as the actual stencil, ya dig?

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yo spuck ... if your going to spray the stencil legally, spray adhesive is nice, cus you dont get driips...but if your doing it illegally and its just 1 layer try holding it up to the wall or whatever and spraying it....if it is multi-layered or if yor doing it legally use spray adhesive....its like an orgasm in a can for stenciling. but one tip....let the spray adhesive dry for about 20-30 seconds on the stencil...don&#39;t just spray the adhesive on and slap it onto somthing or it wont come off. ... and if you can.... these help ALOT ... and i mean ALOT for cutting stencils (more then the adhesive)...

yeah ... if you cant get the excel pen....(there the best) use an xacto blade...liek the thing that has the moveable blade.
there good but make sure its sharp or its like cutting steak with a butter knife.

another tip...for the actual material your making the stencil out of....use acetate paper if you can.... if not go buy that posterboard stuff for projects...its like 96 cents for a big sheet of it. that white shit, that works good too....but im not sure about the folders..i started using them...but there only good for like 1 spray....once you spray the adhesive on it , then some paint it like starts to rip easy, and it gets limp and nasty.

that&#39;s a cool image. i also liked that comic book one.. nice work dude.

i usually just print out the image.. then spray adhesive it to the material im cutting and then hack that shit with a razor. works fine. if you want to make the image larger... use photoshop and section it out and print. that&#39;s how i did this one.. and it turned out to be a 20"x20" stencil...

^that ones cool, i wanted to use spray adhesive but i had none, so i had to settle for a gluestick and a rolling pin

now, i have a question if anyone cares to help me out...
i wanna make a stencil out of this:
i tried before but it sucked for multiple reasons, but what im wondering about is how i can possible take care of that ear, its an island of white thats pretty deep in a sea of black. I tried to make just a random bridge last time but it looked pretty shitty....

any suggestions appreciated

^spray from the stencil i posted above.
less than stellar spray job, i blame the wind

this topic should be stickied, i want replies faster :angry:

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